Mr. Lee Kuan Yew's brilliant reply in 1988 to the accusation that Singapore was taking the downward path to repression and limiting the free flow of information.

He was invited to speak at the American Society of Newspaper Editors Annual Convention.

"We cannot allow them to assume our role in Singapore that the American media plays in America. That of invigilator, adversary and inquisitor of the administration. If allow to do so, they will radically change the nature of Singapore society." -Lee Kuan Yew